Dallas ransomware data leaked to the dark web after a group called Play began releasing the five gigabytes stolen from Dallas County.
In October, Other Side Dallas reported Dallas County had its servers penetrated and data stolen in another Dallas ransomware attack.
The group Play initially said it would release data on November 3, but waited until November 7. It is not clear if this was meant to coincide with Election Day 2023.
Jenkins in a statement said Dallas officials were reviewing the released material. In a statement he said they are reviewing “claims” the material was stolen from Dallas County.
“We want to assure everyone that we are taking this matter seriously,” he said.
“Our top priority is the security and privacy of all individuals associated with Dallas County.”
However, when the incident first happened he waited nearly two weeks to inform employees about the breach.
Shilo Sanders not learning from past mistakes after a brutal hit where he leads with the crown of the helmet.
Some say Sanders plays the game of football with a throwback style. However, it’s a style increasingly at odds with the modern NCAA.
His play causes controversy, including on Saturday. Officials removed him from the contest for a hit on a UCLA Wide Receiver.
It was the tackle that used to be commonplace in football. Now viewed as a partial cause of CTE and other brain injuries.
Shilo Sanders Not Learning – Off Field Issues
Sanders has had off field violence issues too.
Sanders who assaulted a staff member at Focus Learning Academy – the successor to Prime Prep Academy – does it again.
A 2016 personal injury case has led to an eight figure legal judgement against Deion Sanders family including his son, Shilo, after an assault at the successor to Prime Prep Academy, Focus Learning Academy.
In September 2015, Darjean then an employee with Focus Learning Academy, was violently attacked by Shilo Sanders. Shilo is the son of Deion and Pilar Sanders.
The attack casued by the younger Sanders hospitalized Darjean for multiple days in the hospital and required siognificant medical care including spinal surgery.
The outburst by Shilo Sanders cost more than $115,000 in medical care at the time and per court documents made Darjean unable to maintain gainful employment due to permanent neurological injuries and damage to his cervical spine.
Deion Sanders had publically denied the allegations and accused Darjean of being a liar.
Dealey TAG – or Talented and Gifted – is being fast tracked by fast tracked principal Amber Garrett as payback for her position.
Garrett got her position in less than two weeks of interviews in what teachers are calling the fastest DISD promotion ever.
Garrett announced the meeting that was held only hours later.
Dallas Independent School District took six months to replace Beth Wing – the previous principal. Similarly, they used nearly a full academic year at Sudie Williams TAG to replace Michael Jackson.
The payback is going to Dealey PTA president April Labossiere Ogboenyiya and SBDM Chair Bridgett Neely. The two pushed for the marketing change last summer. New Principal Ibarra had an application period of fully qualified applicants meaning the marketing change was unnecessary.
Dealey TAG Surrendering Montessori
The TAG idea was to increase campus marketing without fixing underlying problems on the campus.
The Dealey school does have talented and gifted services throughout the campus including two teachers handling that curriculum currently.
One parent said, “the Dealey PTA is a consistent problem for the school.” He continued, “Under Beth Wing they were close with Lauren Davis who caused the masking protests. Now they want to pick a principal.”
Sarah Weinberg has not responded to numerous requests for comment. She also sends out emails to less than half the school population.
Another parent described Weinberg’s early board service as “Dustin Marshall in pants.”
Weinberg goes out of her way to avoid controversy with her boss Stephanie Elizalde, said another parent. She is easily led by the leash and does what they tell her.
Cumulus charges kids with cancer for commercials that did not air on behalf of Strike Out Kids Cancer Foundation in September 2021 per multiple sources familiar with the issue.
Strike Out Kids Cancer Foundation was raising money through North Texas Giving Day, an annual event designed to empower North Texas nonprofits.
Cumulus Charges Kids With Cancer
Strike Out Kids Cancer had a $25,000 goal they were hoping to raise, but fell well short after ads they had purchased with 1310 The Ticket did not run as planned.
The radio station has not responded to emails or phone calls since September 2021 and refuse to provide a refund to the nonprofit.
Two persons unrelated to the nonprofit completed affidavits stating that they did not hear the ads played in the Youtube ad above during the month of September and per Cumulus Media’s advertising dashboard, no online ads ran either.
Neither Cumulus nor UMB Financial Corporation, the card issuer for the Texas Rangers Mastercard, has responded to request for comment.
Dallas crime up and DPD overtime is down per a Dallas City Council vote earlier which removed additional funds from the Dallas City budget.
City Council is putting the finishing touches on next year’s budget which will be finalized on September 22, 2021.
The biggest fireworks were when Dallas Police Department’s overtime budget was cut by $10M and moved into city reserves awaiting results of an audit. The vote was 8-7 in favor of defunding the department and ignores recent failures of officer availability to respond to three children assaulted last week.
Crime Up And DPD Overtime Down – Again
Citizens can still contact their member of City Council prior to the final vote on September 22, 2021.
The Bazaldua ethics meeting discussed last week has started to a rocky start with Adam Bazaldua seeking to delay the Ethics Advisory Commission evidentiary hearing. He is not present for a meeting that he was aware of June 10, 2021.
“I deserve equitability,” said Dr. Pamela Grayson during the public comment hearing.
Ultimately the Ethics Advisory Commission chose to delay the meeting per a motion from Grant Schmidt.
Bazaldua Ethics Meeting Background
Adam Bazadula, City Council Member for District 7, was accused by Pamela Grayson that he violated city ethics code by making personal attacks against Grayson on Facebook. He also removed his co-sponsorship of an Earth Day event she was organizing.
Grayson’s complaint says Bazaldua had park rangers and police waiting on vendors who were arriving at the event. The complaint states Bazaldua was overheard saying that he does not come to South Dallas because “the risk outweighs the reward.”
Grayson argued Bazaldua’s actions are in violation of Dallas code of ethics rules stating council members must act with integrity and treat others with respect and must be responsible with taxpayer resources.
The Majestic Theatre first opened its doors in 1921. It is the last standing theater of “Theatre Row,” Dallas’ historic Elm Street entertainment center. It was designed by John Eberson, one of the foremost designers of theaters in the early 20th Century, and served as the crown jewel of Karl Hoblitzelle’s Interstate Theater Company. The Hoblitzelle Foundation gifted The Majestic Theatre to the City of Dallas in January 1976.
The celebration of the Majestic comes just days after Deep Ellum has been targeted for noise by Code Enforcement.
An alleged Dallas serial killer arrested in Denton is linked to a shooting there. The Dallas police department announced they had arrested possible serial killer in connection to shootings in Dallas, Celina, Frisco, Prosper, and Denton.
Dallas Serial Killer Arrested Is Jeremy Harris
Harris, who police have described as an alleged “serial killer”, is accused of four murders in North Texas. The include the death of Southern Methodist University (SMU) student Jaden Urrea.
Jeremy Harris, who is 31, is also linked to at least four deaths — three in Dallas and one in Celina — after his arrest earlier this week. He was taken into custody after police found a victim, 60-year-old Blair Carter, dead inside a burning home in Celina on Wednesday.
Now, Harris has been charged with three other murders in Dallas, which police described as random killings.
Harris is being held in the Collin County Jail, and his bail is set at $3 million with four murder charges pending.
Harris may be linked to the shooting of two parents picking up their child earlier this week.
The DISD Auditor Report should be back in the news shortly. An affidavit was filed by a former employee of a local construction firm stating that there were both significant and intentional cost issues to projects discussed in the DISD Audit Report of Steven Martin, but additionally several Dallas ISD Trustees including two former members were receiving payments and benefits including Dallas Cowboys game tickets for their support of project procurement practices.
The affidavit was filed with the US Attorney’s Office in Dallas. They would have jurisdiction over federal taxpayer dollars being lost due to fraud, waste, or abuse.
This should be the second report received on the topic by federal authorities. Trustee Dustin Marshall claimed to have sent similar information to the FBI in February 2020. He has not responded to a request for tracking or other confirmatory information on his submission.
One former Dallas ISD employee familiar with school leadership commented “wow.”
A second person said “this has been going on for years and no one does anything. We saw financial problems when Hinojosa was here before, it continued with [Mike] Miles. Why is anyone surprised?”
Dallas ISD officials’ focus has shifted to battling COVID19 as district numbers have tripled since they re-opened hybrid school on Monday, but this would be a major financial setback for the DISD who has struggled with getting students to return to campus and generate enthusiasm for a $3.7B bond package given ongoing issues with Dallas ISD procurement policies.
In September, the Texas Education Agency took over Desoto schools after travel procurement issues were found to have cost taxpayers more than $400,000. It is not clear how far and wide this scandal might spread.
DISD Auditor Report
The DISD Auditor Report has left more questions than answers. Dallas ISD staff including interim Chief Internal Auditor Alan King have not responded to multiple email requests for comment.
Eight years ago local news reported on what was then a rough start to the school year for Dallas ISD and this year has been worse. King is described then as leading the district in the “aftermath of former Superintendent Michael Hinojosa’s departure last year” was resigning from the district for the first time then.
King served as Chief Financial Officer from January to June of 2011, when he was elevated to interim superintendent. Most considered King a success as both CFO and Interim Superintendent. Hwas described “as the perfect fit for an interim boss role: pragmatic, straight-forward, no-nonsense.”
Board of Trustees President Justin Henry and 1st Vice President Dan Micciche have not responded to emails for comment either.
Multiple whistleblowers reported problems with Dallas ISD procurement. To date they have all been terminated, asked to resign, or forced out of their positions. An example includes Zachariah Manning who alleged criminal activity as far back as 2016.
Recently Next Generation Action Network’s Dominique Alexander was highly critical of Dallas ISD officials for ending a contract for Thomas Jefferson High School’s rebuild in a Facebook Live video.
From the Dallas Morning News editorial: “This could not come at a worse time for DISD. The board just approved placing its largest bond package ever before voters in November. The $3.2 billion request is really a vote of confidence in whether Hinojosa’s administration and whatever follows it can effectively manage a huge number of construction projects over a long period of time.”
In additionally to current allegations, Dallas ISD’s audit webpage no longer includes reports from Steven Martin. They are attached below. Dallas ISD has also not responded to Public Information Requests since March 2020 citing disaster declarations surrounding COVID19 as reasons to not respond. Dallas ISD operations have been in operation since August 2020.
The Texas Education Agency appears to be ready to take over Desoto Independent School District’s due to multiple questions of financial problems.
The school board accepted Dr. D’Andre Weaver’s resignation during an emergency meeting Sunday night. The reason for his resignation was not made public.
Weaver’s term started with investigations into unethical practices including more than $300,000 in travel expenses. Former board member Jerry Hall said the school board refused to do anything about inappropriate spending.
The 18-page TEA report indicates former administration employees could face a criminal investigation for fifty fraudulent credit card purchases to fictitious vendors. His efforts met resistance from some board members who had the ultimate say over him.
Texas Education Agency Next Steps
The TEA is now recommending the troubled district be taken out of the hands of the divided school board. The Desoto ISD Board of Trustees accepted Weaver’s resignation after ninety minutes in executive session.
The Desoto ISD example may be a warning of things to come given Dallas’ own sudden departures. The auditor scandal has still not been explained and may effect the bond vote. There have also been recent accusations that Dallas ISD was trying to box out minority contractors – first inferred by Trustee Maxie Johnson and then seconded by Next Generation Action Network’s Dominique Alexander.
